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Celtic Studies Resources from a Digital Medievalist

Halloween, Samhain, and such

| October 30, 2008

It’s the time of year when I start seeing incredibly daft posts about the antecedents of Halloween, particularly Samain (Samhain, for you moderns). This year, I’ve created an FAQ about Samain, and what it means. For those of you already in the know, here’s a link to a translation by Kuno Meyer of the very [...]

Happy Cotton Library Day

| October 23, 2008

Professor Nokes, over at Unlocked Wordhoard, has announced Happy Cotton Library Day, in celebration of those manuscripts that didn’t burn in the fire of 1731, and solicited our responses regarding our favorite Cotton MS. It’s a hard question, actually. There are a lot of really important, and really famous ms. in the British Library’s Cotton [...]

Reichenau MS. Fragements Digitized

| October 17, 2008

The Benedictine monastery of Reichenau was founded in 724, and by the Carolingian era, was one of the most important scriptoria in Europe, with particularly strong ties to Ireland. Baden State Library in Karlsruhe has released high-quality digital images of 224 fragments (some small pieces, other several folios) from the Reichenau library. The site is [...]